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Wasn't there a good description of these in Pere Labat's memoirs? I couldn't find it in my research folders, I thought I had made a copy some time past but it is missing. Anyone remember the discussion thread on this? I tried the buccaneer project and period descriptions but not having any luck so far. (Maybe I just can't see?)

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The closest I ever found was from the same time period, but not necessarily used by Buccaneers, (I think it was from Dearfield....maybe)

From what I remember about it, it was very close to the Whydah cartridge box, but without the slats on the to flap.

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There is also the Phipps sample, I believe it is 1690s. Again, similar in shape style to the Whydah example, but without the slats.

I have seen a military reference to 1660s shot boxes that explicitly call out a tin lining. No image as it was a textual reference, but I suspect it would be of similar form, but with a tin lining instead of wood.

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